Submitted by mr46636 on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 14:40
Cuban Doctor Carlos Finlay successfully identified mosquitos as the vector for the transmission of deadly Yellow Fever––though his role in the discovery has long been overshadowed in English-language accounts.
Some good places to start:
- Espinosa, Mariola. Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878-1930. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991027105909706011
- Stepan, Nancy. "The interplay between socio-economic factors and medical science: yellow fever research, Cuba and the United States." Social Studies of Science 8, no. 4 (1978): 397-423. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/12n4s7g/sage_s10_1177_030631277800800401
